

000 

WGUS53 KMPX 120403

FFWMPX

MNC047-120800-

/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0001.080612T0402Z-080612T0800Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1102 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1102 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE      

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBERT LEA. 

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE GROUND    

  HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE WARNED        

  AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL   RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MYRTLE...HAYWARD

  ...AND GLENVILLE...AND AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JUST ONE FOOT OF RUSHING

WATER CAN SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4351 9364 4383 9364 4384 9305 4350 9307

      4350 9363

TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9333



$$

